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Mr MacBean, who runs internet company PR Shots from his home in the picturesque seaside village, said he was "irritated" with Google's lack of response after he raised the issue with them on several occassions.

He said: "Google Maps has got my driveway as being part of the main road and I've contacted them dozens of time over the last few years to get them to change it and they just keep ignoring me.

"I have a public footway going through a couple of fields at the back and I was noticing ramblers seemed to be on my driveway.

"The footpath is fairly clearly marked and you'd have to climb over a gate to get lost in my driveway so I'm guessing they were looking at the map and thinking it was a short cut through to the road.

"A couple of times lorry drivers have turned in here and it's a right palava to have to get a lorry out.

"The cars tend to reverse back out on to the main road which is obviously dangerous - loads of beeping, reversing signals, swearing from the driver and chickens and horses scattering."

Mr MacBean's detached two-storey home's driveway comes off Maldon Road and he emailed Google with a screengrab of Google Maps showing his driveway listed at the address in October 26.

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His online suggestion to its maps feature for Maldon Road stated: "Road is private.

"This is my driveway, NOT Maldon Road, Please change asap. This is not the first time I have tried to have this changed."

A spokesman for Google said: "We're working to fix this. We regularly update the map, and anyone who sees an error on Google Maps can report it directly using the "Report a Problem" tool, found at the bottom right corner of the map."